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Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Trusting Him With All Of It

Don't be afraid, for I am with you. Don't be discouraged, for I am your God. I
will strengthen you and help you. I will hold you up with my victorious right
hand.Isaiah 41:10One of my biggest challenges in pursuing my God-sized dream is fear.When I was first asked to lead the Bible study for moms in our church, I was flat out scared. Stand on a platform and teach? I still get butterflies the size of cows thinking about the enormity of this calling.As I prepared for our first gathering, I kept thinking that I shouldn't be afraid and looked up every verse in the Bible about fear for encouragement. What I realized though was that it wasn't about the absence of fear. It was more about trusting Him with all of it. Admitting that all of it is only possible by His strength. That He would give me that strength when I asked. That He could speak through me in that moment. That I need Him. That I trust Him.So I did it scared. And God showed up big and continues to do so each week. From the very beginning, His hand has been all over this incredible group of moms that I shepherd and our time together.I must always remember that it all begins in the moment when I turn it all over to God and let Him have His way in all of it. More of Him and less of me. All of Him in me and through me.

Great post girlie! I've realized that I let others insecurities keep me from walking forward into my God sized dreams. They cripple me from moving forward at times because I don't want to 'step on their toes' or hurt them - like that's a valid reason from moving forward. The second thing...fear of failure. I often times hesitate until I know I've worked every angle to ensure success. Ha...like I have any control over that. :)

Oh am so there with you in the insecurities, but He does say that He works best in our weakest moments. It gives Him the spotlight to show off. And I figure that there are going to definitely be times of failure in this calling, but I hope and pray that I can pick myself up, dust myself off, learn something, and keep moving forward it it. Love you cuz!

Oh how I needed to read your post today!! Thank you for those beautiful words! I too have horrible fears I live with and sometimes It even gets in the way of my marriage.. tears rolling... I have been praying that god takes away awful thoughts I get when I start fearing... Thank you and please pray for me... Thank you so much for this post...God Bless you!

Oh sweet friend...you are on my heart today as I lift you up to Him. I too have those fearful thoughts and the best thing I can do when that happens is pull out my Bible and start reading. Have you ever read Battlefield of the Mind by Joyce Meyer? It really helped me. Blessings!

This was a really powerful read for me today...I love the perspective of not getting rid of the fear but trusting Him with it instead and going forward in His strength. Wow! Thanks for sharing...blessings, friend! :)

Your post is so encouraging, you are an encourager. I am stopping by from a life surrendered link up. Thank you for sharing your heart. It's nice to know we are not alone in fearing. I fear a lot of things God asks me to, so this was comforting to know I'm not alone in this and to see that God saw you through it. Thank you!!!

Yes, yes! I know what it's like to do it scared. I call it courageously afraid. God is so faithful to meet us when we take a leap of faith, forward in the direction He is calling us. You are a beautiful woman of God and I am blessed to call you, friend. Thank you for linking-up at my place today and always sharing so faithfully! You are gift!